Bear Creek Fishweir No. 2

The Bear Creek Fishweir #2 is a historic fishing weir on Bear Creek in Tishomingo State Park, northeastern Mississippi. The weir consists of a roughly V-shaped stone construction, built from readily available local sandstone. The walls of the weir meet closer to the western bank of the creek, where they form a chute estimated to be 11 metres (36 ft) in length. At the end of the chute there would have been a fish trap of wooden construction, of which no traces remain. The weir was almost certainly maintained by local residents into the early 20th century, but may have been built on the site of an earlier construction by Native Americans. This weir, along with Bear Creek Fishweir #1, is one of the best-preserved surviving weirs in northeastern Mississippi.[2]

Bear Creek Fishweir #2
Nearest cityTishomingo, Mississippi
Coordinates34°36′33″N 88°11′27″W
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleFishweir
NRHP reference No.00001058[1]
Added to NRHPApril 10, 2007

The weir was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Bear Creek Fishweir #2" (PDF). State of Mississippi. Retrieved 2019-08-20.


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